Tulerpeton
Extinct genus of tetrapodomorphs / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Tulerpeton is an extinct genus of Devonian four-limbed vertebrate, known from a fossil that was found in the Tula Region of Russia at a site named Andreyevka. This genus and the closely related Acanthostega and Ichthyostega represent the earliest tetrapods.
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Tulerpeton | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Clade: | Sarcopterygii |
Clade: | Tetrapodomorpha |
Clade: | Elpistostegalia |
Clade: | Stegocephali |
Family: | †Tulerpetontidae Lebedev & Coates, 1995 |
Genus: | †Tulerpeton Lebedev, 1984 |
Type species | |
Tulerpeton curtum Lebedev, 1984 |
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